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jwmurphy
@murphytweets.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Prediction: Reform will collapse in an election cycle when all parties are given equal coverage and actually properly scrutinised. There will also be an organised ‘anyone but’ tactical vote. Progressive coalition the outcome. #r4today
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New #StrongMessageHere is up. ‘Spooking the markets’ and ‘Banter’ are the phrases up for discussion, with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New #StrongMessageHere is up. ‘Spooking the markets’ and ‘Banter’ are the phrases up for discussion, with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee.
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Those questioning Farage have gone international...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/26/british-far-right-leader-nigel-farage-urged-to-clarify-party-s-ties-with-russia_6747853_4.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/26/british-far-right-leader-nigel-farage-urged-to-clarify-party-s-ties-with-russia_6747853_4.html
British far right leader Nigel Farage urged to clarify party's ties with Russia
The head of the Reform UK party faces mounting pressure after a colleague was sentenced to prison for accepting money from Ukrainian politicians acting on behalf of Moscow.
www.lemonde.fr
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Those questioning Farage have gone international...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/26/british-far-right-leader-nigel-farage-urged-to-clarify-party-s-ties-with-russia_6747853_4.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/26/british-far-right-leader-nigel-farage-urged-to-clarify-party-s-ties-with-russia_6747853_4.html
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
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Milne is in the spotlight thanks to some amazing reporting from The Sheffield Tribune: buff.ly/8ZTPmDL
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Milne is in the spotlight thanks to some amazing reporting from The Sheffield Tribune: buff.ly/8ZTPmDL
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A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation
Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
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One big risk to the OBR forecasts has already materialised -migration is falling more quickly than their projections and that will hit growth and tax revenue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration drops sharply to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration fell by around two-thirds - from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
One big risk to the OBR forecasts has already materialised -migration is falling more quickly than their projections and that will hit growth and tax revenue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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Diane Abbot couldn't have less to do with this government if she defected to Sinn Fein
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Diane Abbot couldn't have less to do with this government if she defected to Sinn Fein
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🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"We think that there's a, you know, there's a £90 billion Brexit black hole in our economy."
"And the government could have gone so much further on growth today. And we think it was, because they said nothing at all about Brexit."
"We think that there's a, you know, there's a £90 billion Brexit black hole in our economy."
"And the government could have gone so much further on growth today. And we think it was, because they said nothing at all about Brexit."
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"We think that there's a, you know, there's a £90 billion Brexit black hole in our economy."
"And the government could have gone so much further on growth today. And we think it was, because they said nothing at all about Brexit."
"We think that there's a, you know, there's a £90 billion Brexit black hole in our economy."
"And the government could have gone so much further on growth today. And we think it was, because they said nothing at all about Brexit."
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two thoughts on Farage's youthful bullying racism: first, yeah, I do absolutely believe the people speaking up about this now, because bullying stays with you. I still remember specific incidents of being bullied as a kid 50-odd years ago.
Danny Kruger says he feels sorry for Nigel Farage getting all this unfair criticism. That's his main thought on the matter.
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
two thoughts on Farage's youthful bullying racism: first, yeah, I do absolutely believe the people speaking up about this now, because bullying stays with you. I still remember specific incidents of being bullied as a kid 50-odd years ago.
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Matt: we need measures to improve fertility - it's one of our biggest problems!
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Matt: we need measures to improve fertility - it's one of our biggest problems!
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
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The Telegraph scrambling to find someone who lives in a £20m house but who is somehow also broke
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Telegraph scrambling to find someone who lives in a £20m house but who is somehow also broke
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In all the years I've been campaigning, this is the first where I've feared retaliation - but even X is not above the law. That's why we've referred X to Ofcom for horrific posts that, having taken legal advice, we believe are illegal under the Online Safety Act. goodlaw.social/wk2q
X is not above the law
goodlaw.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In all the years I've been campaigning, this is the first where I've feared retaliation - but even X is not above the law. That's why we've referred X to Ofcom for horrific posts that, having taken legal advice, we believe are illegal under the Online Safety Act. goodlaw.social/wk2q
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Did he also introduce the fuel duty escalator.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Did he also introduce the fuel duty escalator.
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Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
Absolute nonsense. Someone is going to have to have the balls at some point…
UK to freeze fuel duty rates until September 2026 - OBR
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Absolute nonsense. Someone is going to have to have the balls at some point…
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The police have blocked Whitehall to tractors and have a welcome wagon for any that get through.
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The police have blocked Whitehall to tractors and have a welcome wagon for any that get through.
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@thomascopeland.bsky.social and I try to explain why the rollout of user location data by X matters and how it's changing the conversation on the platform after some high-engagement political accounts were criticised for misleading users.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKr3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKr3...
X's new location feature exposes misleading politics accounts | Global News Podcast
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
@thomascopeland.bsky.social and I try to explain why the rollout of user location data by X matters and how it's changing the conversation on the platform after some high-engagement political accounts were criticised for misleading users.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKr3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKr3...
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Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising
Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
Farmers heading into town. Can’t help thinking they should be campaigning to rejoin the single market, rather than the closure of a tax loophole…
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Farmers heading into town. Can’t help thinking they should be campaigning to rejoin the single market, rather than the closure of a tax loophole…
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new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
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Apparently, Turning Point UK are now the morality police.
In Orwell's "1984," the primary function of the morality police was to monitor, control, and punish any unapproved thoughts, doubts, or desires that could be considered disloyal to the Party.
See where we're heading, yet?
In Orwell's "1984," the primary function of the morality police was to monitor, control, and punish any unapproved thoughts, doubts, or desires that could be considered disloyal to the Party.
See where we're heading, yet?
October 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Apparently, Turning Point UK are now the morality police.
In Orwell's "1984," the primary function of the morality police was to monitor, control, and punish any unapproved thoughts, doubts, or desires that could be considered disloyal to the Party.
See where we're heading, yet?
In Orwell's "1984," the primary function of the morality police was to monitor, control, and punish any unapproved thoughts, doubts, or desires that could be considered disloyal to the Party.
See where we're heading, yet?
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Sign this petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy. #StandWithUkraine #3E
The government responds to petitions with over 10,000 signatures, and at 100,000 signatures the petition is eligible for a parliamentary debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
The government responds to petitions with over 10,000 signatures, and at 100,000 signatures the petition is eligible for a parliamentary debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Sign this petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy. #StandWithUkraine #3E
The government responds to petitions with over 10,000 signatures, and at 100,000 signatures the petition is eligible for a parliamentary debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
The government responds to petitions with over 10,000 signatures, and at 100,000 signatures the petition is eligible for a parliamentary debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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